Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] but " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Well , er , ’ said the vicar , ‘ I 'm not so sure about that but I 'll certainly ring the church bells . ’ |
| 2 | I 'm disappointed about that but not about the standard , it was a great game . |
| 3 | It was odd that he had n't thought about that but immediately it came back to him , the name of the exchange , though Hilbert 's phone had been disconnected . |
| 4 | ‘ I was goin' ter tell yer about that but I thought you would n't be interested . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm not sure about that but I am sure that the relative strength of a South African side is the subject of heated debate all over the rugby world and , depending on who you speak to , the ‘ Boks are either the true World Champions or a collection of dinosaurs , hopelessly out of touch with the modern game and in for a rude awakening . |
| 6 | No I I , she had a machine , we had a sewing machine , I could tell you a story about that but I wo n't . |
| 7 | As a consequence of which well we went to Egypt and the Sudan this business , we came back and er the b the the foreman 's brother he ne he never liked me ever this forema when I were a kid you know , he never liked me at all , I never got on with him and and er mind you there 's a long story about that but it 's a silly little thing that er that I really upset him with . |
| 8 | I erm I I do n't know how you feel about that but |
| 9 | Well I could n't just tell you honestly about that but I think the riveters decided who got what , you know . |
| 10 | I 'm sorry about that but er is this yours ? |
| 11 | Well now I do n't know whether you know anything about that but it 's a make words . |
| 12 | Dick , thank you for those kind words , er , specially about er my book , and I think I am considering appointing you as my agent er , you also said er that I 'd dr drawn the short straw indeed you er whispered to me that I was the sacrificial lamb this morning well we 'll see about that but I do know that I have the great honour to be invited to speak to congress this morning on behalf of the G M B parliamentary group . |
| 13 | It 's it 's been dealt with in Whitemoor , you know about that but also in another pit . |
| 14 | Er , er , it does n't matter about that but there are three young children . |
| 15 | ‘ I would n't know about that but I can tell you the business calls he made . ’ |
| 16 | I 'm sorry about that but I did it while was out . |
| 17 | Sorry about that but it 's just you 're representing him |
| 18 | One of which was the property in Frinton which was owned jointly by Mr and his step mother who was an elderly lady who was then residing in that er property and er around that time on the first of October Mr er telephoned Mr and er told him about that but at that time , was not anticipating that there would be an difficulties about the security on Frinton for these he had always , added his case , made it perfectly clear to the man at the National Westminster Bank with whom he was dealing , Mr that that property was not a property which er could er be offered as security because of the joint ownership and er while in conversation with the bank he understood that this letter had been sent and Mrs had been on holiday and that it was simply oversight on the part of the bank at this stage and that all would well after Mrs returned , which was expected in two weeks time . |
| 19 | I was n't too happy about that but never mind . |
| 20 | So Mr is actually going to er talk about that but I just wanted to go through a little sort of resolution , I mean if , if you looked at it , if you looked at number one , it says express this opposition to further expansion and then it goes on and lists Stansted and Luton , but this expansion goes now I mean Stansted is expanding erm daily . |
| 21 | Our philosophy is that it 's not just conjuring twenty five thousand pounds out of the air , it 's actually changing the way the Corn Exchange is and we feel strongly about that but we are not going to waste your time going through all that . |
| 22 | They said oh they could n't do nothing about that but er did n't think they could do much about it . |
| 23 | Yeah , I forgot all about that but it did n't matter anyway . |
| 24 | Well I 'm not worried about that but , I 'm interested in this you know . |
| 25 | And that , it 's a pity about that but I 'm leaving the damn thing |
| 26 | And , he said yes I do and waved the leaflet at me , he says I know all about that but but you 've got to now otherwise you you |
| 27 | Yeah , I was thinking about that but it 's got ta be vegetarian and have n't got the meat . |
| 28 | I think I did , I thought about that but I ca n't afford to do it at the moment there look see you can get the , the L ones the double seat ones and the little ones look |
| 29 | I ca , oh I 'm not bothered about that but I ca n't be bothered to buy one just for four |
| 30 | and he said you know , he said they have n't been turning up at that chapel for them , when they 've preaching but you did n't crack on they knew anything about that but he just sort of said said no you know remain non-committal . |